 w wikitext wikitext markup -- making your page look the way you want  this is page help wiki markup examples transcluded in help editing   -- this is the part everybody wants therefore transcluded and not just linked -- if you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm you can do so in the ns 4 sandbox more information on help html in wikitext html tags in wikitext organizing your writing -- sections paragraphs lists and lines border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - what it looks like what you type - ;sections and subsections start sections with header lines note single equal signs give the highest level heading like the page title; usually projects have the convention not to use them -- this is the original do not use this new section new section new section subsection sub-subsection -- -- next set do not use this new section subsection sub-subsection -- -- this code prevents confusion in the section editing feature-- new section subsection sub-subsection start with a second-level heading ; don't use first-level headings don't skip levels for example second-level followed by fourth-level a #table of contents table of contents will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections if appropriate place subsections in an appropriate order if listing countries for example place them in alphabetical order rather than say relative to population of w oecd oecd countries or some random order if you want to keep headings out of the toc you have to use html heading tags and close them without using a slash e g heading too low level to be in the toc of large page new section new section new section subsection sub-subsection - ; w newline newline a single newline has no effect on the layout but an empty line starts a new paragraph or ends a list or indented part disables this paragraphing until or the end of the section in cologne blue two newlines and a div tag give just one newline; in the order newline div tag newline the result is two newlines you can make the wikitext more readable by putting in newlines you might find this causes future problems -- see w wikipedia don't use line breaks for details when used in a list a newline  does  affect the layout see help list a single newline has no effect on the layout but an empty line starts a new paragraph - you can break lines without starting a new paragraph the html tag is sufficient the system produces the xhtml code please use this sparingly close markup between lines; do not start a help link link or  italics  or  bold  on one line and close it on the next you can break lines without starting a new paragraph -  unordered help list list lists  are easy to do start every line with a star more stars means deeper levels a newline in a list marks the end of the list of course you can start again unordered lists are easy to do start every line with a star more stars means deeper levels a newline in a list marks the end of the list of course you can start again - # numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow #a newline #in a list marks the end of the list #new numbering starts #with 1 # numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow #a newline #in a list marks the end of the list #new numbering starts #with 1 - you can even do mixed lists # and nest them # or break lines in lists you can even do mixed lists # and nest them # or break lines in lists -  definition list  ; word definition of the word ; longer phrase phrase defined ; word definition of the word ; longer phrase phrase defined one item per line; a newline can appear before the colon but using a space before the colon improves parsing - ;indenting a colon indents a line or paragraph a manual newline starts a new paragraph this is often used for discussion on help talk page talk page pages a colon indents a line or paragraph a manual newline starts a new paragraph - when there is a need for separating a block of text the  blockquote  command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does this is useful for as the name says inserting blocks of quoted and cited text the  blockquote  command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does - centered text please note the us-english spelling of center centered text - a w horizontal dividing line horizontal dividing line this is above it ---- and this is below it if you don't use a section header you don't get a toc entry a horizontal dividing line this is above it ---- and this is below it links urls more information at help link internal links general notes enclose the  target name  in double square brackets -- and first letter of target name is automatically capitalized spaces are represented as underscores but don't do underscores yourself the weather in london links to nonexistent pages are shown in red -- help starting a new page tells about creating the page when the mouse cursor hovers over the link you see a hover box containing border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - what it looks like what you type - ;basic sue is reading the official position or official position positions sue is reading the official position or official position positions - ;basic help editing#text_formatting_--_controlling_how_it_looks text formatting you can also  italicize  etc links e g   wikipedia     wikipedia   - ;interwiki linking a link to the page on another wiki e g the same subject in another language for more info see m help interwiki linking fr wikipu8c3a9dia aide for more info see m help interwiki linking fr wikipu8c3a9dia aide - ;section of page list of cities by country#morocco list of cities by country#sealand if the section doesn't exist the link goes to the top of the page if there are multiple sections by the same name link to specific ones by adding how many times that header has alreay appeared e g if there are 3 sections entitled example header and you wish to link to the third one then use #example section 3 for more info see help editing faq#q can i link to a specific section header if there are multiple section headers of the same name if so how help editing faq list of cities by country#morocco list of cities by country#sealand - ; help piped link piped link use a pipe     to create a  link label  help link about links list of cities by country#morocco cities in morocco help link about links list of cities by country#morocco cities in morocco -   blank pipes  hide words in parentheses kingdom biology kingdom namespace meta requests for adminship requests for adminship after you save the server automatically fills in the link label in parentheses kingdom biology namespace meta requests for adminship - ;links to nonexistent pages the weather in london is a page that doesn't exist yet you can create it by clicking on the link have a look at help starting a new page how to start a page guide and the naming conventions page for your project the weather in london is a page that doesn't exist yet - ;link to yourself you should sign your comments on help talk page talk page pages your user name user karl wick karl wick or your user name plus date time user karl wick karl wick 08 10 oct 5 2002 utc five tildes gives the date time alone 08 10 oct 5 2002 utc the server will fill in the link after you save you should sign your comments on talk pages your user name or your user name plus date time five tildes gives the date time alone - ; help redirect redirect redirects one article title to another with this special link #redirect united states - ; magic links w isbn isbn links to books isbn 0123456789x see help isbn links w request for comments rfc links to requests for comments rfc 123 see mediawiki rfcurl isbn 0123456789x rfc 123 - ;media links to include links to non-image uploads such as sounds use a media link media sg_mrob ogg sound media sg_mrob ogg sound - ;links to categories to include links to a category page category english documentation category english documentation - ;dates use links for dates so everyone can set their own display order use special preferences to change your own date display setting july 20 1969 20 july 1969 and 1969 - 07-20 will all appear as 20 july - 1969 if you set your date display preference to 1 january 2001 - ;special pages what links here and recent changes can be linked as special whatlinkshere namespace pagename and special recentchangeslinked namespace pagename special whatlinkshere help editing and special recentchangeslinked help editing external links border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - nupedia nupedia - email example email example - or just give the url in the help url url all symbols must be among a-z a-z 0-9 _ - &amp;# x80- xff if a url contains a different character it should be converted; for example has to be written to be looked up in w ascii ascii a blank space can also be converted into an underscore or just give the url images video and sounds see also help images and other uploaded files border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - what it looks like what you type - ;in-line picture wiki wikipedia - the free encyclopedia for many projects only images that have been uploaded to the same project or commons the commons can be used to upload images use the special upload upload page you can find the uploaded image on the special imagelist image list a picture wiki or with alternative text  strongly  encouraged -- actually required in html4 -- vbgf wiki wikipedia - the free encyclopedia w web browser web browser browsers render alternative text when not displaying an image -- for example when the image isn't loaded or in a text-only browser or when spoken aloud see w wikipedia alternative text for images alternative text for images for help on choosing alternative text see help extended image syntax extended image syntax for more options there is help images and other uploaded files#more_details_and_examples_on_embedding_internal_images__into_articles more information on resizing and other formatting tricks - ;other ways of linking to pictures the help image page image page image wiki png a link to just the picture media wiki png wikipedia clicking on an image displayed on a page such as any of the ones above also leads to the description page to include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page use a media link image wiki png media wiki png wikipedia -  other media links -- video and sounds  use a media link media sg_mrob ogg sound there is help images and other uploaded files#supported_file_types 3b_miscellaneous more information on other media types media sg_mrob ogg sound text formatting -- controlling how it looks what it looks like what you type  emphasize  italics  strongly  bold  very strongly  bold italics these are double and triple apostrophes not double quotes note this can also be applied to links e g   wikipedia    emphasize   strongly   very strongly    wikipedia   you can also write italic and bold this is useful in mathematical formulas where you need specific font styles rather than emphasis f m a the difference between these two methods is not very important for graphical browsers so most people ignore it but it may make a big difference for the visually impaired ;- you can also write italic and bold this is useful in mathematical formulas where you need specific font styles rather than emphasis f m a -- that that's not a mathematical formula though -- sure it is just because it it's being applied to physics doesn't make it stop being mathematics -- you can also write in small caps if the wiki has the templates this can bsm be much simpler to write esm you can also write in small caps if the wiki has the templates this can bsm be much simpler to write esm a typewriter font sometimes used for technical terms and computer code a typewriter font sometimes used for technical terms and computer code for semantic reasons using &lt;code&gt; where applicable is preferable to using &lt;tt&gt; -- tt is really 'teletype' not 'technical term' -- you can use small text for captions you can use small text for captions you can strike out deleted material and underline new material you can also mark deleted material and inserted material using logical markup rather than visual markup when editing regular articles just make your changes and do not mark them up in any special way when editing your own previous remarks in talk pages it is sometimes appropriate to mark up deleted or inserted material you can strike out deleted material and underline new material you can also mark deleted material and inserted material using logical markup rather than visual markup subscript x 2 superscript x 2 or x&sup2; most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with &amp;sup2; than with &lt;sup 2&lt; sup &epsilon; 0 8 85 &times; 10 &minus;12 c&sup2; j m 1 hectare 1 e4 mu8c2b2 subscript x 2 superscript x 2 or x&amp;sup2; &amp;epsilon; 0 8 85 &amp;times; 10 &amp;minus;12 c&amp;sup2; j m 1 hectare 1 e4 m&amp;sup2 spacing things out -- spaces and tables ;using non-breaking spaces x 2 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&ge; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 true x 2 &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;ge; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;0 true ;using help table#simple_example wikitext piped tables - x 2 width 20px width 20px &ge;0 true - a b see templates template hs1 template hs and template vs for more examples - x 2 width 20px width 20px &ge;0 true - a b see help table for more information just show what i typed &lt;nowiki&gt; and &lt;pre&gt; tags can tell the server and the browser to display things as you typed them ;example arrow &rarr;  italics  link arrow &amp;rarr;  italics  link ;&lt;nowiki interpret special characters don't interpret special wiki markup reformat text removing newlines and multiple spaces arrow &rarr;  italics  link arrow &amp;rarr;  italics  link ; interpret special characters don't interpret special wiki markup don't reformat text arrow &rarr;  italics  link arrow &amp;rarr;  italics  link ; leading space interpret special characters interpret special wiki markup don't reformat text arrow &rarr;  italics  link arrow &amp;rarr;  italics  link ;preformatted text if a line of plain text starts with a space it will be formatted exactly as typed in a fixed-width font in a grey dotted-outline box lines won't wrap endif this is useful for pasting preformatted text; algorithm descriptions; program source code ascii art; chemical structures; for larger preformatted text passages you can use the a lot of text tag warning if you make it wide you w page widening force the whole page to be wide and hence less readable never start ordinary lines with spaces see also below if a line of plain text starts with a space it will be formatted exactly as typed in a fixed-width font in a grey dotted-outline box lines won't wrap endif this is useful for pasting preformatted text; algorithm descriptions; program source code ascii art; chemical structures; ;typewriter font arrow &rarr; 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